User blog comment:Bartholomew Billberry Bowstring/Mossflower Country & Beyond/@comment-25220117-20120327184842/@comment-1298206-20120813045806

''The large rat's eyes gleam at the prospect of riches of the like described by the mouse. He thinks for a moment whether to allow the mouse to have a fraction of the plunder he and his followers will gain from the legendary abbey when they have conquered it...All he needed the mouse to do was to lead him to the abbey. After that, he could slay him if he desired to do so. He might be able to use him as a hostage if necessary...Ferus looks down at the mouse and nods'' "Ye'll lead me an' my followers tae the Redwall castle an' we'll take care o' the rest."